Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Surrey Rifle Volunteers 1813.
An oval finely engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 58mm x 44mm, silver (Hallmarks for London 1812), obverse engraved with a defensive, patriotic lion astride a trophy of arms including cannon, Union flag, drum &c. on a bed of roses, ‘Surrey Rifle Volunteers’ above, ‘Merit Rewarded’ in exergue, reverse inscribed ‘The Gift of Cptn. Commandant John Dabbs to Mr. H. M. Young, Best Shot at Ball Practice June 1813’, with integral flattened loop suspension, good very fine £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Volunteer and Shooting Medals.

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J. B. Hayward, October 1971.

Owing to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.